Re: acrylic; motors

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

David:
I remember from my Heating/AirCond. days that the motor inside the
compressor on you refrigerater operates in a bath of freon/oil.  The
problems arise when a leak allows freon/oil out, and air in.  Acid builds up
in the system as a result, and the windings deteriorate.  An electric motor
will operate submerged in oil. Remember WD-40 ?  No better way to eliminate
a short caused by moisture in your ignition system than to dry it out with a
healthy dose of WD-40 or Swepco 808.
David B.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Buchner <Buchner@wcta.net>
To: psubs list <Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 11:56 PM
Subject: acrylic; motors

>I've seen discussion here of electic motors sealed in oil to keep water
>pressure out, but I never paid much attention, because it didn't apply much
>to me. But now I'm wondering a couple of basic things: (1) So is oil like
>water then -- not very compressible? (2) Does this work with just any
>motor? Why doesn't the oil short out bare electrical parts, like brushes or
>whatever? Is oil not conductive?
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>David
>buchner@wcta.net
>http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
>Osage MN USA
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